What does 元亨利贞 really mean?

[MadePossible]

They aren't proto-Indo-Europeans. Romans in China have zero relevance to the Yijing.

 

It seems you've had a misunderstanding.

Edited Wednesday at 02:22 PM by MadePossible

[Cobie]

 

3 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

… https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-the-most-green-eyes …

(From the link) More than 75 percent of people who are born with green eyes can be found in Ireland and Scotland. 
 

 

[Cobie]

 

On 02/12/2025 at 10:37 AM, 心神 ~ said:

… I've always been interested in the appearance of a threefold pattern in the Daodejing, so that catches my eye. …

 

The “threefold”  =  the binary poles + integration.
It’s always about integration: {陰 (yin) + 陽 (yang)} ~> 中 (zhong)

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 06:04 PM by Cobie

[Nungali]

3 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

 

The “threefold”  =  the binary poles + integration.
It’s always about integration: {陰 (yin) + 陽 (yang)} ~> 中 (zhong)

 

 

 

 

One end .... the other end  ..... and the stuff in the middle  

 

 

 

[Cobie]

 ‘Tao ‘ sounds the same as the Dutch word for rope (touw). 
 

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:19 PM by Cobie

[Nungali]

Noooo ..... you be mixed up with 'tow  rope '  ; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited yesterday at 06:28 AM by Nungali

[Sanity Check]

16 hours ago, MadePossible said:

They aren't proto-Indo-Europeans. Romans in China have zero relevance to the Yijing.

 

It seems you've had a misunderstanding.

 

 

If your goal was to prove europeans influenced china during that time. 1st step is to establish some type of precedent. Lost roman legion in china might help with this.

 

But if we're being honest, I think the actual influence occurred in the opposite direction. 

 

China had developed mercury based immortality elixirs long before europeans attempted to mimic these trends with their own mercury based philosopher's stones, etc.

 

 

[Nungali]

16 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

 

 

If your goal was to prove europeans influenced china during that time. 1st step is to establish some type of precedent. Lost roman legion in china might help with this.

 

But if we're being honest, I think the actual influence occurred in the opposite direction. 

 

China had developed mercury based immortality elixirs long before europeans attempted to mimic these trends with their own mercury based philosopher's stones, etc.

 

 

 

 

'During that time' was before the Romans ever existed !   That was already explained to you ,  dont you even read people's responses to you ? 

 

And dont respond to this as I will not  interact with you more here , as its clear you want to do in this thread , what you have done in other threads  on Daobums .... whatever your motivations are for that !            

[Sanity Check]

2 hours ago, Nungali said:

 

 

'During that time' was before the Romans ever existed !   That was already explained to you ,  dont you even read people's responses to you ? 

 

And dont respond to this as I will not  interact with you more here , as its clear you want to do in this thread , what you have done in other threads  on Daobums .... whatever your motivations are for that !            

 

 

You're still overreacting and going overboard over nothing.

 

Fast forward to the part where in a week or two you don't remember any of this happened, please.

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Sanity Check

[Nungali]

any of what happened ?  

 

 

   

[forestofclarity]

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